ST. MYER: Let single class basketball R.I.P.

10:47 PM,
Apr. 22, 2012

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Someone please take the shovel away from state Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, and tell him to stop digging up the dead.

The single class basketball system that we once cherished is long gone. It's been dead for 15 years for crying out loud. There's no reason to dig it up. Let it rest in peace.

Delph started digging last legislative session by pushing for a return to single class basketball. IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox offered an olive branch in the form of 11 town-hall meetings statewide if Delph dropped the bill. The state senator accepted, perhaps expecting an outpouring of support for change from ...